Culture urine each isolate at CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER AT ASHLAND CITY
313 NORTH MAIN STREET, Ashland City, TN · Tristarhealth · · NPI 1265487193
$25.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$25.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$3.64 with Wellpoint vs $2,000.00 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | MGMCD | $3.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Kentucky Labor Cabinet | WORKERSCOMP | $4.60 | ↓ -82% |
| NHC Advantage, Inc. | MCRHMO | $4.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Pruitt Health (AllyAlign) | MCR | $4.75 | ↓ -81% |
| Apex Health | MCR | $4.75 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $6.10 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | TRICARE | $6.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $6.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCR | $7.75 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | PPO | $7.80 | ↓ -69% |
| Bright Health | SmallGroup | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Bright Health | HIX | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | ChoicecareMGMCR | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| United | CorePayer | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| Sarah Cannon Research | COMM | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| United | HeritageSelect | $8.09 | ↓ -68% |
| WellCare | MCR | $8.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Zing | MGMCR | $8.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Ambetter | Select | $8.41 | ↓ -66% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRSNP | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| United | VACCN | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Devoted Health Plan | MCR | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMOTMN | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthspring | MCRHMONonTMN | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthspring | MCRPPO | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Evergreen HMO | MCR | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRHMO | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPOS | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPPO | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| American Health Advantage | MCRPFFS | $8.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MGMCRHMO | $8.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MGMCRSNP | $8.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | MGMCRPPO | $8.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Ambetter | CORE | $8.74 | ↓ -65% |
| ATRIO Golden Times | MCR | $8.90 | ↓ -64% |
| Signature Advantage | MCR | $9.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Bright Health | MCRNarrow | $9.77 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | NetworkP | $11.05 | ↓ -56% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $11.25 | ↓ -55% |
| Prime Health | WORKERSCOMP | $11.65 | ↓ -53% |
| NovaNET | WORKERSCOMP | $11.89 | ↓ -52% |
| CorVel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $11.89 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NAP | $12.50 | ↓ -50% |
| BGFH SingleSource | DIRECTNETWORK | $12.50 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | COMM | $13.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $14.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Southern Health Partners | Prison | $15.00 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | TENNCARE | $15.69 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | OAP | $16.38 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | COVERKIDS | $16.95 | ↓ -32% |
| Employers Health Network | COMM | $17.50 | ↓ -30% |
| Odom's TN Pride Sausage | WORKERSCOMP | $18.75 | ↓ -25% |
| BGFH SingleSource | LEASEDNETWORK | $21.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Beech Street | COMM | $23.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Oscar | HIX | $24.27 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | HumanaChoice | $32.36 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | NarrowExchangeNetwork | $32.36 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | HumanaChoiceCare | $32.36 | ↑ +29% |
| Humana | BroadNetwork | $32.36 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS | BlueCare | $45.34 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS | MCR | $2,000.00 | ↑ +7900% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Culture urine each isolate at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson | Hixson | $18.36 | $7.20 – $43.40 |
| CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga | Chattanooga | $26.23 | $7.20 – $43.40 |
| Johnson City Medical Center | JOHNSON CITY | $14.25 | $4.05 – $17.64 |
| Hancock County Hospital | SNEEDVILLE | $14.03 | $5.74 – $18.04 |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | GREENEVILLE | $14.25 | $3.64 – $17.64 |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center | BRISTOL | $14.25 | $4.05 – $19.42 |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | JOHNSON CITY | $14.25 | $4.05 – $17.64 |
| Holston Valley Medical Center | KINGSPORT | $14.25 | $4.05 – $19.42 |